bull fighting
Daniela Perusquía Castro
501
2nd Round Exam for Writing Skills I.
Bull Fighting
Introduction:
For centuries, people have been enjoying of different forms of entertaining, and here in Mexico, it is all about the “fiestas” and having fun. That’s why, we have adopted several traditions from all over the world. We adopted Halloween from the United States, we adopted salsa dancing from Colombia and Cuba, we even party with alcohol that come directly from Europe. But there’s one thing that doesn’t make me proud of being Mexican an adopting traditions, and that’s adopting bullfightings from Spain. This tradition is as old and popular to us, Mexicans, as soccer, but is has nothing to do with having fun. This essay is not just for ready purposes. This essay is made for people to understand what bullfighting really means and is about. Bullfighting is an act of cruelty that needs to stop immediately.
Bullfightings are a tradition that is being talked about all around the world. This theme has been a huge debate for years now, whether animal lovers are against or traditional people are in favor, this seems to be already kind of a cliché. What I want to show is that bullfighting is wrong because it shouldn’t be a cliché, and it shouldn’t even be a matter of tastes. Bullfighting is wrong, first of all, because you cannot harm an animal and justify it by saying that it is just a tradition. It’s like killing a baby and saying that it was just a game your family plays during New Year’s Eve. I mean, you just cannot kill an animal in front of thousands of people and pretend to be the hero of the story, because you are only being a hero for the eyes of murderers.
Another thing that annoys me is the fact that people just imply that bulls are born for that, for fighting. That argument is as invalid as it sounds, because no animal should ever be raised in order to be tortured. What bulls go through is a lot tougher that people think. The whole performance of the bull being an
501
2nd Round Exam for Writing Skills I.
Bull Fighting
Introduction:
For centuries, people have been enjoying of different forms of entertaining, and here in Mexico, it is all about the “fiestas” and having fun. That’s why, we have adopted several traditions from all over the world. We adopted Halloween from the United States, we adopted salsa dancing from Colombia and Cuba, we even party with alcohol that come directly from Europe. But there’s one thing that doesn’t make me proud of being Mexican an adopting traditions, and that’s adopting bullfightings from Spain. This tradition is as old and popular to us, Mexicans, as soccer, but is has nothing to do with having fun. This essay is not just for ready purposes. This essay is made for people to understand what bullfighting really means and is about. Bullfighting is an act of cruelty that needs to stop immediately.
Bullfightings are a tradition that is being talked about all around the world. This theme has been a huge debate for years now, whether animal lovers are against or traditional people are in favor, this seems to be already kind of a cliché. What I want to show is that bullfighting is wrong because it shouldn’t be a cliché, and it shouldn’t even be a matter of tastes. Bullfighting is wrong, first of all, because you cannot harm an animal and justify it by saying that it is just a tradition. It’s like killing a baby and saying that it was just a game your family plays during New Year’s Eve. I mean, you just cannot kill an animal in front of thousands of people and pretend to be the hero of the story, because you are only being a hero for the eyes of murderers.
Another thing that annoys me is the fact that people just imply that bulls are born for that, for fighting. That argument is as invalid as it sounds, because no animal should ever be raised in order to be tortured. What bulls go through is a lot tougher that people think. The whole performance of the bull being an